Deadline extended! Microsoft CSR Case Study Competition 2011 Have you heard of corporate social responsibility? Are you passionate about not only doing business but also dong good at the same time? Do you believe that being socially responsible and sustainable is not only the good way but the right way to go? Here is the platform for you to express your ideas and challenge your mind. The deadline for signing up is extended to 23rd March The deadline for report submission is extended to 27th
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State and society: Case- ‘Hand in Hand’ Date:- 1st November‚ 2015 Submitted by:- Prashant Dass Q 1:-What are the institutional voids/deficiencies highlighted by the case? The institutions played a crucial role in shaping and structuring the organization. These institutions define the rules that need to be inducted in order to get free flowing and sustainable growth. HiH made its inception in a country with a billion marks and where majority of the population thrives on the inefficiency of the institutions
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Economists are of the view that the social responsibility of business should be limited to its economic duty. Discuss. In broad terms‚ social responsibility is an ethical theory that an entity‚ be it a company or an individual has an obligation to conduct its activities to benefit society at large. Carroll‚ in his 1991 article "The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility‚ identifies four areas that make up a corporate social responsibility pyramid: legal‚ economic‚ ethical and philanthropic
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his house with his feet on the stairs. His wife‚ Margaret‚ found him there. At least that’s what she said. She said Charles slipped and fell on the stairs and that he was coming down to get another drink because he still had the glass in his hand. How did she know that if she wasn’t there? I believe Margaret murdered Charles. Not only did she have motive and opportunity‚ she lied and the evidence points to murder. Charles was found on his back with his feet on the stairs and
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What is CSR? To what extent is there a business case for CSR? In recent years‚ increasing number of customers and businessmen start to concern about the ethical issues in businesses. Although the main purpose of business is to make profits‚ the social influence of it also appears to be focused by a large proportion of customers and businessmen. Corporate social responsibility (CSR)‚ which is closely connected with this concentration‚ was put forward in 1953 with the meaning of interacting social
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What is CSR? To what extent is there a business case for CSR? In the late 1960s and early 1970s‚ the phrase ‘Corporate social responsibility’ (CSR) came into public view. This essay will describe that what CSR is and how much profits will be taken in business for CSR. Nowadays‚ companies not only sell their products but also give back to the society such as being active in the charity drive‚ solving environment problems‚ spending money to making infrastructure and helping other people achieve
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Case Study: The Dannon Company Teresa P. Cambare Southern New Hampshire University OL-690 X3474 Responsible Corp Leadership Term [pic] 13TW3 Case Study: The Dannon Company The Dannon Company is a subsidiary of Danone whose heritage dates back to 1919 and founded by Isaac Carasso in Spain. When Carasso immigrated into the United States in 1942‚ he established Dannon Milk Products‚ Inc. in New York‚ changing Danone into “Dannon” to make the name sound more American
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1996). History of CSR Social and environmental reporting has grown substantially since the early 1965s. According to study of CSR Sustainability Framework (CSR Quest‚ 2004)‚ the history of the CSR can be consist of 3 phases which can be illustrated by such a diagram below with issues developed in each phase Diagram 1.1 (Source: CSR Quest‚ 2004) As a result‚ nowadays‚ the findings pointed out by Peter Utting (2005) revealed that more than 80% of the fortune-500 companies had CSR reporting on their
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Hamlet’s Dilemma The poem is based on an existential crisis that Hamlet suffers from. Through the entire monologue (soliloquy) he vacillates between life and death. The question for Hamlet was whether to continue to exist facing all odds or to give-up in despair and embrace death. He wondered whether it was more noble (nobler) to suffer the ‘slings and arrows’ (metaphor) of an unbearable situation‚ or to rise up in arms / wage a war against ‘a sea of troubles’ that afflict / badly affect / trouble
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Analysis: Litigation & Chiquita This case study deals primarily with the issue of litigation. The case study focuses especially on litigation concerned with U.S. companies being held accountable in U.S. courts for their actions and influences in foreign countries. The main company highlighted within the case study is Chiquita‚ the largest employer of banana workers in Latin America. This analysis will dive deeper into the actual issue of litigation and will focus on the Alien Tort Statute
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